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another "man in walking dead" immediate thought here. I thought it was a boys name anyway, and its ugly sounding.

Sorry, but Merle just reminds me of The Walking Dead. The Merle in that is a racist hick- not really a great namesake!

I know a male one.

I used to work with a Merle. I really like it. She was a really fab woman.
I would us eit but I have a 7 year old Pearl so would be weird

My year 7 teacher's first name was Merle. I like it.

I know a merle, I've always thought it was a lovely and unusual name. She has issues with people pronouncing it wrong though. Meh-Rhyl rather than merrrrlllllll. Iykwim.

It's my cousin's middle name but he's a man. I've never heard it on a girl. Pretty name though.

Merle is a coat pattern, not a coat colour You can have red merle, for instance. Not just the more common blue.

However, Merle to me is the violent redneck in the Walking Dead or Haggard. So it's a no from me.

My first thought was Oberon - it's a lovely name.

My first thought was border collie!

I think it's very pretty.

I was at school with someone whose little sister was called Merle. Sadly she died suddenly in late teens/early twenties so could never use that name without that association.

I have a merle border collie. It means a grey/blue colour in dogs. He's called Spooky because his eyes are weird colours. Have never heard of it as a girl's name.

I like it. I thought of Oberon, though I've never seen any of her films.

Another one here who thought of Merle from The Walkig Dead ... erm, a 'no' from me!

I know a little Merle. She's gorgeous, the name has good associations for me.

My cousin is called Merle but she's Estonian and it's very common name there. I like the name.

I also thought Oberon straight away - nice name.

Notnow - that's a great story!

It immediately made me think of Merle from the Walking Dead!

Did you know that Merle Oberon's real name was Queenie Thompson? My granny was in her class at school in India and apparently the nuns used to call her 'Quinine Thompson' because she was 'a bitter sort of girl'. Not relevant to your decision of course but love that story and don't know many people who have heard of her.

I know a merle, she's very pretty and is in her 20's.

It means blackbird in French, if that makes a difference.

It's a bit hypothetical as i think I've maybe possibly hopefully landed on something for DD2 and I could not offer her the kind of compelling surname of which Ms Oberon was able to avail herself. But there is, I think, something about it - even though it's not really my naming style either

First thing I thought upon reading your title was "Oberon"! I have no idea who the other one is.

It's not my style (I like long names) but there is something about it. Do you have a good surname? Merle Oberon is quite a name!

love Merle